On February 12, 2019, the Chilean Commission for the Financial Market ("Comisión para el Mercado Financiero" o "CMF") issued General Rule No. 431 ("NCG 431), regarding the deadlines for reporting of quarterly and annual reports and financial statements for the following entities.

President Piñera's administration has announced the creation of a new initiative to promote investment and increase transparency in the adjudication processes of state-owned lands for the purpose of installing productive projects.

On January 9, a new General Instruction ("Instruction") from the Superintendence of the Environment ("SMA") was published in the Official Gazette regarding updates to contingency, prevention and emergency plans and the submission of information to the SMA.

On December 26, 2018, the Central Bank of Chile published an amendment to Chapter III.J.2 of its Financial Regulations Compendium, on Payment Cards Operation, after a one-month public consultation that allowed the general public to make comments or observations to the proposal.

US consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) and German pharmaceutical company Merck have hired Carey to get antitrust approval in Chile for P&G’s US$4.2 billion global acquisition of Merck’s consumer health division.